Hack Upstate X

Hack Upstate X is the tenth installment in a series of weekend hackathons (open to students and practitioners) that happens twice a year (i.e. Fall & Spring) where developers, innovators and designers from Upstate New York come to Syracuse, NY, share ideas, form teams and build incredible products. Oh btw, it's FREE!

Hackathon?

hack·a·thon(noun) -- an event in which computer programmers, hardware engineers and others involved in product development, including graphic designers, interface designers and project managers, collaborate intensively on software and hardware projects over a short period of time.

Prizes

Thanks to our awesome sponsors for generously contributing the following prizes

We're fortunate to have an awesome panel of judges!

Mike Vormwald

Sam Edelstein

James Shomar

TBD

Criteria

Creativity / Novelty (20%)

We celebrate ingenuity and creativity! Have an idea for a project that sounds crazy to tackle (especially in a 24 hour period)? Perfect.

Wow Factor (20%)

Subjective and buzz-wordy, huh? That's what makes it fun :) We know you have something up your sleeve that's going to knock our socks off!

Execution (20%)

To what extent did your team successfully execute upon your project concept over the course of 24 hours?

Informative Demo (20%)

Your team will have ~5 minutes to demo your product, and cogently and concisely tell us about the problems you encountered, the solutions you introduced, the APIs you leveraged and the lessons you learned.

Multidisciplinary project (20%)

We encourage and applaud interdisciplinary projects fueled by eclectic teams with diverse backgrounds.